Posted on 11/15/2012 10:48:44 AM PST by Bratch
If GOP members were smart, they would go to the room wherein Palin is waiting and leave the GOPe to themselves.
Senators don't win, unless their opponent is also a Senator. The American public generally prefers former/current VPs and Governors.
Unfortunately, Palin’s fate in politics was probably sealed by all of the Romney-ites in the McCain campaign and in the GOP generally who stabbed her in the back during and in the period following the 2008 campaign. Imagine a different world in which they protected her from/prepared her for the likes of Katie Couric, stood strongly behind her throughout the campaign, and then helped her fight the onslaught of bogus lawsuits that forced her from the Governor’s office in 2009.
She was on track to be a lock on reelection as Governor, and from there she would’ve had a proper platform from which to mount a campaign for the nomination. With Palin as our candidate, no way we would’ve suffered the flat turnout and lack of support from the white working class voters who basically sunk Romney in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, etc., and who knows what kinds of dynamics might have been unleashed with respect to the gender gap, likability, celebrity, etc.
Maybe she would’ve picked up fewer independents, but I don’t even know about that. Prior to her the MSM smear job that was done on her, she was known for her appeal to independents.
I was mad at her for not running, choosing to engage in reality-show media-mongering, but ultimately, without support from anyone in the Party, you aren’t getting the nomination, or even any kind of positive reception. Ask Ron Paul about that.
Anyways, the GOP is just stupid. How they can imagine that the proper response to getting wiped out by a demographic shift to lower-income Hispanic voters by radically expanding the numbers of lower-income Hispanic voters just completely eludes me?
Time for the GOP-e to ramp up the “we’re conservative” schtick again before throwing legit conservatives under the bus at the earliest convenience. Cut these weasels off.
“Read about the signers of the Declaration of Independence and what it cost them and their families.”
There was a great deal more at stake for the signers of the Declaration.
I’m just pointing out that you need state-wide caliber candidates for state wide races. That means polished, skilled politicians who don’t stick their foot in their mouth about rape. What can win a house district is rarely good enough to win a statewide Senate race - for that you generally need significantly better candidates (especially as a Republican).
Guys like Akin and Mourdock not only cost us 2 Senate seats, their dumb comments hurt Republicans across the board by feeding into the left’s narrative that Republicans don’t understand women’s issues.
Not only is her voice NOT a problem (except to RINOs and socialists), but I’m more interested in SUBSTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why did she quit?
She’s done more for the conservative cause than any 10 RINOs.
The exception is Harding, who beat the governor of his own state of Ohio in 1920. But then, in 1920 a dogcatcher running as a Republican would have defeated any Democrat after the aftermath of the Wilson Administration and the bitter aftermath of WWI.As to “current VPs,” a VP is not an executive position but the political heir of the president. Consequently the election of a sitting VP is essentially a third election victory for the sitting POTUS - and you will see a lot of prestige attached to that sitting president - examples are Washington (distorted by the fact that the 12th Amendment wasn’t in place when John Adams became the first VP), Andrew Jackson, and Ronald Reagan. You could sorta throw FDR in there, in that he explicitly won a third term in his own name.
Consequently the VP slot isn’t really a great launching point for a run for the presidency, if you don’t actually inherit the office. Nixon, of course, won the presidency in ’68 after leaving the VP office in ’61. Not sure how many other no-sitting VPs won election to the presidency. Note that Nixon defeated a sitting VP in ’68 . . .
She quit her job as governor to protect her family from financial and emotion ruin brought on by the media. On rare occasions, a politician will put their family first.
Sarah chose her family over her elected position.
That may be wrong in your world, but not mine. I love my family more than any elected position I could ever hold.
Does your family know you hold them in such little regard? Just asking...
“Reince” Prebus should RESIGN and nominate her as his replacement
THEN SHE SHOULD MOBILIZE THE GOP TO PROVE HOW OBAMA STOLE THE ELECTION WITH VOTE FRAUD
(What do they do between elections anyway? Pat themselves on the back for their LATEST FAILURE?)
She quit her job as governor to protect her family from financial and emotional ruin which the media gleefully brought on her. On rare occasions, a politician will put their family first. I see no reason to condemn her for that.
Serious question: Who will be leading the charge to start a Conservative Party? I will certainly be on board. I will never identify myself with the Republican Party ever again. Ever!
Many men have given up everything rather then give in to blackmail and intimation.
She acted as a woman would, putting her family first, a man would have never yielded.
I could never see Reagan being run out of office!
The principal was the same, not giving in to intimation and threats.
She QUIT her job to keep her family from going broke and to protect them.
That’s all well and good, but I don’t think the article is even suggesting we run her for President. This is more about, hey, the woman has some good ideas, maybe we should listen to her instead of treating her as a non-person in the GOP.
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